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Helmut Giese wrote:
> Hello out there,
> we have an environment, where a master program executes other
> programs. In case of error (in these "other programs") we want to tell
> as precisely as possible what went wrong - including the kind of
> exception thrown, if any.
> 
> To test this feature, we have a mini program which just causes an
> exception (see raiseex.c below). We start it using CreateProcess and
> obtain its exit code with GetExitCodeProcess - this all works.
> 
> The problem is, that (Builder 5 compiled) raiseex always returns -1 -
> no matter what exception it raises. A customer provided a version
> compiled with VC++, and this returns 0xC0000093 to our "master
> program" (like expected).
> 
> What do we have to do to have a program return specific exception
> information? Some kind of exception handler? Some compiler option?
> 
> Any hint will be greatly appreciated.
> Helmut Giese
> 
> ---------- raiseex.c -----------
> #include <windows.h>
> 
> int main( void)
> {
>     int cmd = EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION;
> 
>     /* Make sure the GPF dialog doesn't popup */
>     SetErrorMode( SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX);
>     /* SMASH! */
>     RaiseException( cmd, EXCEPTION_NONCONTINUABLE, 0, NULL);
> 
>     /* NOTREACHED */
>     return 0;
> }
> 
Catch the exception at the application level. Once there return the error code you want.